Status:
COMPLETED
Acupressure Wristbands or Standard Care in Controlling Nausea Caused by Chemotherapy
Lead Sponsor:
University of Manchester
Conditions:
Anxiety Disorder
Nausea and Vomiting
Eligibility:
All Genders
16+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Acupressure wristbands may prevent or reduce nausea caused by chemotherapy. It is not yet known whether acupressure wristbands are more effective than standard care in controlling acute and...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * To assess the clinical effectiveness of self-acupressure using wristbands in addition to standard care in the management of chemotherapy-induced (acute and delayed) nausea comp...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Diagnosis of any cancer
- Scheduled to receive their first chemotherapy course
- Scheduled to receive highly, moderately, or low-emetogenic chemotherapy
- Scheduled to receive a chemotherapy regimen given as a single administration at the beginning of the course repeated in 3-week courses
- Currently receiving adjuvant chemotherapy as outpatient
- Acupressure wristband-naïve (in terms of never having tried such a wristband; may have seen or heard about such wristbands)
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Able to perform self care (i.e., no inability to use wristbands appropriately or mental incapacity preventing continuous and optimal use of wristbands) as judged by the investigators
- No liver disease
- No metabolic risk factors for nausea (i.e., electrolyte imbalances causing nausea/vomiting)
- No mechanical risk factors for nausea (i.e., intestinal obstruction)
- No nausea and/or vomiting due to use of opioids
- No lymphedematous arms
- No chronic alcohol use
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- No concurrent radiotherapy
- No concurrent chemotherapy regimens as inpatients
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
699 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00978185
Start Date
November 1 2008
End Date
October 1 2010
Last Update
August 26 2013
Active Locations (1)
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University of Manchester
Manchester, England, United Kingdom, M13 9PL